Zambia has a long history of mining and a large known resource base of copper, emeralds, and other deposits. It also has very good potential for further discoveries. Mining accounts for 12% of Zambia's...

Naomi Kakundu is from the small town of Ndola in the copperbelt province of Zambia. In 2014, she was a second-year law student at the University of Cape Town Faculty of Law, considering whether to take...

Over the last decade Latin America experienced high growth and consistent poverty reduction in part due to the boom in commodity prices. In 2013 the region received 27% of global exploration spending and...

An impressive amount of data from the oil, gas and mining industries has been collected through the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) since its launch in 2003. A total of 45 countries...

If you are an artisanal miner in remote corners of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that are tough to access by paved roads, a motorbike is probably what you use to reach your destination. In the...

After two decades of civil war and ongoing conflicts, vulnerable populations throughout the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have continually been pushed off their traditional agricultural land and...

Liberia emerged from 14 years of civil war in 2003 as one of the poorest countries in the world with unemployment estimated to be 86 percent. Although the country has made progress, access to basic services...

CAPE TOWN, March 5, 2015 – Mining industry representatives and government leaders from across Africa recently participated in a World Bank Group (WBG) panel on the mining industry’s role in addressing...

When it comes to negotiating complex mining contracts, governments can often feel that the playing field is tilted in one direction, favoring the private sector. This is a major challenge for Africa. In...

GEITA, November 19, 2014 – A landmark pilot project will help small-scale miners in Geita’s gold-mining region work together with large-scale mining companies in a healthy, safe environment, increasing...

Indonesia was formally recognized as an Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Compliant country at the International Board meeting of the EITI, held in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar in October 2014. ...

West Africa supplies nine percent of the world’s bauxite and eight percent of its gold. It hosts some of the world’s largest iron ore deposits, prompting massive infrastructure investments. Properly...

The reality in Myanmar only three years ago was starkly different from what it is today. People had no right to assemble. Little information was shared publicly about industry and government activities....

Mining is a risky business, fraught with hurdles. Exploration often comes up empty, investments are large, commodities are volatile. Moreover, there are large environmental and social risks associated...

The extractives sector in Liberia is back! After a 14-year civil war that shut down all of its major mines—and their revenue streams—Liberia is putting its mineral resources to work again. Given the country’s...